![]() ![]() ![]() ‘Asteroid City’ Review: Wes Anderson Buries His Sci-Fi Story Under Fancy Piles of Eccentricity ![]() After all, the need to have that one special companion to click with in all the right ways-the very idea at the heart of “Robot Dreams”-is a universal desire, one that Berger gently and adoringly portrays while bringing to mind both “Frankenstein” and the recent quirky comedy “Brian and Charles” in small doses. Which is perhaps why that the undercurrent of loneliness in the melancholic and dialogue-free “Robot Dreams,” a wonderful 2D animation by Spanish director Pablo Berger (of the also wordless “Blancanieves,” making his animation debut), felt so real and disarming straightaway to this critic on a lonesome, rainy morning in Cannes.īut make no mistake even outside of the festival circuits, this sweet film on love, friendship and life in New York City is bound to strike a chord with general audiences willing to be coddled with something both innocent and grown-up, that defies the bloat of present-day Disney in its warmth and complexities. But they ultimately are, often leaving one alone with their own thoughts and a painfully sleep-deprived stamina. What about the crowds, all the social gatherings and random conversations with strangers, you might rightfully ask. ![]() It might be counterintuitive to suggest that film festivals are lonely places. ![]()
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